Case Manager - Middlesex County

Overview:

Located in Perth Amboy, NJ, the George J. Otlowski Sr. Center for Mental Health Care provides behavioral health services to the Middlesex County community and is one of the largest outpatient behavioral healthcare centers in the area. Our behavioral healthcare services are designed to help with a variety of psychiatric conditions and co-occurring disorders. Our multi-modality approach consists of individualized treatment planning that addresses patient’s needs and sets realistic therapeutic goals so that each individual who receives care achieves recovery and rehabilitation. Our team includes a medical director, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, registered nurses, psychologists, social workers, social work interns, interpreters and support staff.

Title: Case Manager

Civil Service Title: Social Worker Institutions

Reports to: Director of Outpatient Services

Contacts: Clients, Staff, Community

Main Functions:

• Assess patients’ needs and work on treatment plans, which may include individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, case management, client advocacy, prevention and education.
• Coordinate and monitor patients’ use of services
• Working in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team and patient to develop coping mechanisms and set and achieve long-term goals for their mental well-being
• Organizes assigned tasks concerned with client needs and concerns and develops effective work methods.
• Conduct check-in sessions for high-risk clients and clients receiving medication management services only.
• Assist Psychiatric Social Workers, Directors, and Medical Unit team in patient care
• Discusses problems relating to a successful reentry into the community such as schooling, finances, recreation, religious activities, health, and home relationships
• May aid the family and patient in resolving problems.
• Prepares social casework histories.
• Contacts and maintains cooperative relationships with private and other public social agencies in the community.
• Prepares reports in the form of case entries based on evaluation and treatment progress.
• Arranges for those in need of psychotherapy to be seen by a psychiatrist.
• Plans and arranges vocational, employment, and/or educational placement for clients.
• Participates in professional and related meetings and conferences.
• Maintains essential records and files.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in psychology, Social Work, Counseling, or related field required

Experience: Prior professional experience gathering social information from clients, determining their needs, and planning and carrying out individualized treatment plans

Language: Bilingual Spanish preferred

Knowledge, skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of modern sociological and psychological principles and practices.
• Knowledge of the purpose, policies, standards, and procedures involved in doing social work involving the health, physical welfare, social adjustment, and/or employment of persons socially, mentally, and/or physically maladjusted.
• Knowledge of problems encountered in collecting and analyzing information needed in passing on individual cases, drawing sound social conclusions therefrom, and basing appropriate actions thereon.
• Knowledge of social casework methods and terminology.
• Knowledge of the organization, objectives, and activities of varied types of public and private social agencies in New Jersey after a period of training.
• Knowledge of individual and group behavior.
• Knowledge of individual and community health problems.
• Knowledge of the establishment and maintenance of casework and other records and files.
• Ability to analyze, comprehend, and interpret data in the conduct of supportive group, individual, and adjunctive activity therapies.
• Ability to establish and maintain a professional relationship with patients and staff.
• Ability to analyze laws, rules, regulations, and procedures and apply them with reasonable consistency to individual cases.
• Ability to organize assigned social work and develop effective work methods.
• Ability to collect and make appraisals of information and social relationships of individuals and families.
• Ability to learn quickly significant facts in an individual or family situation and to weigh and evaluate such facts.
• Ability to plan and execute programs for social readjustment on the basis of findings.
• Ability to maintain essential records and files.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.